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Systole
Part of the cardiac cycle when a heart chamber contracts / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Systolic geometry.
Systole (/ˈsɪstəli/ SIST-ə-lee) is the part of the cardiac cycle during which some chambers of the heart contract after refilling with blood.[1]
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